Would You Quit?

[Dave Noll]

No, Wouldn't quit.
Do what I could for #1 & #5.
Haven't got my car to run the index yet but getting closer. Why stop?

I think I would sell my car and retire from racing all together. Save some money and travel. Find something else to do with my life.

[Dave Gantz]

Originally Posted by doglover44

Whats X275 ?

Old link, maybe different rules now?
https://www.dragzine.com/news/what-i...radial-series/

[The Hawk]

I definitely wouldn`t quit. I could still run my local track`s Combo program as well as Bracket Race. It would only eliminate two races from my normal schedule and still have 4 opportunities for Wallys every year.

[Hacksaw]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

One thing you guys don’t understand....Without the good folks at NHRA, there are no updated horsepower figures, .....No tear downs at the local association races ....No Problem....I know , I know ..we have minimal tear downs now but...without the blessing of NHRA...you ain’t seen nothing yet.....

MJ gets it on the nose. Without the the "base line" Nhra rules/ tech, the associations will only fizzle and die into bracket racers with letters on their windows. Back to the orig post How easy is it to quit ???? If your a causal player, own a stock bodied type of car , pretty easy. If your life has evolved around it and you've progressed to vehicles that are so specifically built, not so. How do you sell what you have when there are no buyers cause no body races? I think maybe dry lakes for me.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Hacksaw

MJ gets it on the nose. Without the the "base line" Nhra rules/ tech, the associations will only fizzle and die into bracket racers with letters on their windows.

And you don't think that without the "Ivory Tower" types breathing down their necks you/we couldn't get a Travis or a Redman in conjunction with a Dwight to do what they just barely do ? They don't even enforce their own rules anymore!

[Hacksaw]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

And you don't think that without the "Ivory Tower" types breathing down their necks you/we couldn't get a Travis or a Redman in conjunction with a Dwight to do what they just barely do ? They don't even enforce their own rules anymore!

Certainly people can be found and put in place to run Association type races. I think the degree of rule enforcement will become an issue.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Hacksaw

I think the degree of rule enforcement will become an issue.

It already is!

[House of Darts]

So this is how you kill Stock Eliminator... minimal enforcement of the rules. Now, did NHRA hire a consultant to figure this out. At least IHRA just came out and cancelled it. Stock eliminator cars, with a history, will now be the hot selling vehicles on Jackson Barrett?

[Alan Nyhus]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

One thing you guys don’t understand....Without the good folks at NHRA, there are no updated horsepower figures, .....No tear downs at the local association races ....No Problem....I know , I know ..we have minimal tear downs now but...without the blessing of NHRA...you ain’t seen nothing yet.....

Couldn't agree more.

Speaking for our association (Midwest Class Racers), we work with NHRA Division 5 and the tracks. While many of the MCR events are 'stand alone' events, several each season are dovetailed with NHRA National Opens. The racers win more money (we race a combo on Saturday and Sunday) and they get a grade point. The track and NHRA sees higher attendance with our partnership.

In our part of the country, MCR (headed by John McLeod) and the Heartland Stock/Super Stock group (administered by Johnny and Stephanie Diekema along with Logan Wernet) have successfully partnered together along with NHRA at the Division 5 National Open at Earlville, Iowa for several seasons, now. Everybody wins...it works.

A good association is one that brings everyone together and offers options to the racers.

Hope to see you at a race somewhere this season! -Al